Bare et liv – Historien om Fridtjof Nansen (1968)

Original title

Bare et liv - historien om Fridtjof Nansen

Directed by

Sergey Mikaelyan

Genre

drama film, adventure film, biographical film, historical film

Country

Norway

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

6

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film shows three key parts of Fridtjof Nansen's life. It covers his Arctic expedition, his role in the League of Nations, and his famine relief work in Ukraine.

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What happens

Only One Life: the Story of Fridtjof Nansen (Bokmål: Bare et liv – Historien om Fridtjof Nansen) is a 1968 Norwegian/Soviet biographical drama film directed by Sergei Mikaelyan, starring Knut Wigert and Veslemøy Haslund. The film depicts three important episodes in the life of Fridtjof Nansen (Wigert): his North Pole expedition, his diplomatic work with the League of Nations and his humanitarian work during the 1930s famine in Ukraine. The title is sometimes translated as Storm Over Catastrophe or Just One Life. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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